We covered Dolly Parton. That's already an incredible experience. Add the incredible vocals of Elise Lieberth and a premier by The Boot and we really don't know how it gets better. Check out our cover and head to The Boot to read all about it!

So many amazing talents passed in 2017. We were asked to create a cover of one of our favorites who left us physically. We chose My December by Linkin Park as we have loved Chester Bennington's voice and talents, each of us in different ways. We hope you enjoy this version. We adored making it.

What a joyo this summer to play Red Rocks for the first time. We are still so grateful to FACE Vocal Band for the opportunity, and what a show it was! The Chain was such a blast there that we figured it was high time we pay tribute to a band that has inspired and challanged us through the years. Fleetwood Mac.

We are so pleased to be playing our first Dearling Tribute to Fleetwood Mac at The Soiled Dove Underground on November 22nd. We hope this little taste will inspire to come, sing along, and help us honor some great music.

People debate streaming and 99 cent downloads. They talk about how recorded music changed everything. The digital takeover made every wannabe musician a possible star. Autotune can correct your flubs and an amazing producer can morph you into a flawless icon. People mourn how musicians and writers don't make as much money as they used to and how the art of music has been degraded. Industry writers and critics say "get on board, or get left behind." And so the artist pushes for streams, and likes, and hashtags and followers and tiny little numbers ticking upward to tell all the bigwigs that what they do is worthwhile so that they can maybe have a shot. "Find us on Spotify, Itunes, Amazon, Google Play, Apple Music, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, the next thing, the next space, the next addiction..."

But where's the real buzz?

It's in the same place it's always been.

It's in 100 or 1,000 people singing Amazing Grace in the same space and at the same time.

Recorded music can run itself into the ground and then fling itself a mile high again, but live music is still home. Maybe becuase it's in our roots. Maybe it's because music is especially magical spiritually and physiologically when someone is playing a real instrument right next to you. Maybe because it's more human. You can't go back and perfect the previous moment. But you can use the moment to make something even greater. The real thing.

We understand there is a difference between digital and real. It's just like all of those studies showing that we don't know how to communicate in real life anymore after becoming so accustomed to editing and shaping our images online. But when is sitting right across from you, you can't perfect your words or make your face look just right. If we say the wrong thing, we can't delete it or change our inflection, or add a happy emoji face. If there is a wad of spinach in our teeth, we don't even know it. Whether we like it or not, we are still human and we live in a space where our energy affects the place around us. And where we desperately need to know real, feel real, and see others as real. It connects us. Music can do this better than anything. Live music can unify absolutely. In a space of thousands of people, one song, sung by one person, can turn into the anthem of every soul who can hear it. Just go to a U2 concert or a gospel music driven church service. The real thing is unstoppable. And no industry can change it.

It might be daddy playing a lullaby to his daughter on acoustic guitar by the fireplace before bedtime. Or maybe it's At Last by Etta James played at a wedding. Everywhere music is still doing it's work and spreading it's magic, even when it seems like music only exists on the radio and in our spotify list.

In our hearts, we are grateful for every live show we get to play and every non-perfected experience we get to have with our friends and fans. It's a gorgeous thing.

This has been such an incredible week. We've more than reached our funding goal AND got the news that our fans votes and shares of our video for Rock Steady helped us win the opportunity to play Red Rocks! We don't really know how to say thank you for all of this. A few smiles, moments of overwhelm, a few tears, because in just a few weeks we've seen the most incredible support from fans and friends, new and old. We are grateful beyond belief and can't wait to take this song and our record to the rest of the country. What a gift to be here with folks who really get what we are doing and who are wiling to support our music and songs. Thank you.

Our video was feature on Indi.com but you can now view the final mix and video at the Youtube link above.

Well, we've just begun a campaign to get our new record, Inheritance, to radio across the country. This endeavor will be the first time we are asking for help from others. We've been able to record, mix, make videos, make merch, book shows, and on and on with our own hands. But now, we are hoping the fans who have made that possible, will come alongside us and donate to help us pay for the radio campaign that we know this record deserves. Would you help us? Your contribution will make a huge difference and we will be thrilled to get you one of our amazing incentives as a thank you. From cutting boards to music lessons, we have lots to give back.

This record, our shows, our band is about love and family. Thank you for being our Dearling family thus far. You rock.

A huge thank you to Bandtwango for making this campaign possible and helping us share this record!

We are so excited to be sharing some news with you all soon! In the meantime, we had an amazing amount of ridiculous footage from the video we made about it. We had to share some of these outtakes. Enjoy!

It's for the kids, but it's really for us...

So everything is political now. Even Lady Gaga can't perform without being berated for her lack of or too political television performance. And in the meantime, character, personal improvement, development of morals, ideals, the betterment of our fellow man? Well, if it doesn't have a D or R next to it, forget about it? We don't think that's anyway to be artistic nor is it any way to be honest as human beings.

I heard a great quote today. It's not about being true to yourself, but about being true to your VALUES. We value the tough stuff that is overcome, the heart to heart with our easily distractible hearts. We are convinced that grit, determination, honest values and love, above all else love, will make the world a better place. And we want to pass that on to our kids. But maybe we also need a little of it for us as well! In that spirit, what a great blessing it is to be releasing Wild Blue. We hope it inspires you and if it does, share it, discuss it, and spread it's message.

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